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уй
уй
See also: үй
Bashkir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uj]
- Hyphenation: уй
Noun
уй • (uy)
Etymology 2
Noun
уй • (uy)
Declension
declension of уй
Russian
Alternative forms
- вуй (vuj)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ujь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Cognates include Bulgarian вуйчо (vujčo), Serbo-Croatian ујак, ujak, also ујко, ujko, Slovene ujac, Slovak ujo. Non-Slavic cognates include Latin avus, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awo, “grand-mother”), Old Prussian avis (“maternal uncle”), Old Armenian հաւ (haw).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uj]
Noun
уй • (uj) m anim (genitive у́я, nominative plural у́и, genitive plural у́ев)
- (obsolete) maternal uncle
Declension
Hypernyms
- дя́дя (djádja)